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  • Alex Franke
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2007
    • 2641
    • Chapel Hill, NC
    • Ryobi BT3100
    #1

    Chess Board from 3 pieces of scrap =)

    Here's another project I finished recently. Every time I have the right size scrap pieces laying around I use them to build a chess board. This one was from 2 pieces of hard maple (left over from the rocking horse), and 1 piece of walnut.

    I have a rather lengthy tutorial online, but I don't know if it's appropriate to post because it has some ads.

    I took about 100 pictures of the process this time through. (new camera!) Here are a few of them... You'll hopefully recognize the table saw

    Let me know what you think!



    Cutting & arranging squares (my method uses two backer boards), framing, and -- my personal favorite -- buffing the finish.





    online at http://www.theFrankes.com
    while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
    "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates
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    • linear
      Senior Member
      • May 2004
      • 612
      • DeSoto, KS, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3100
      #2
      Nice tutorial (and nice to meet another imagemagick user).
      --Rob

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        • mater
          Veteran Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 4197
          • SC, USA.
          #3
          I have one of those on my to do list. Yours looks great.
          Ken aka "mater"

          " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

          Ken's Den

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            • lrogers
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              • Dec 2002
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              • Mobile, AL. USA.
              • BT3000
              #4
              Very nice! Is the little guy the next world chess master?
              Larry R. Rogers
              The Samurai Wood Butcher
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                • John Hunter
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                  • Dec 2004
                  • 2034
                  • Lake Station, IN, USA.
                  • BT3000 & BT3100
                  #5
                  Very nice.
                  John Hunter

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                    • SHADOWFOX
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                      • May 2005
                      • 1232
                      • IL, USA.
                      • DELTA 36-675
                      #6
                      Beautiful chessboard, bud! The look of excitement from the future Kasparov is priceless.
                      Chris

                      "The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth." -Pierre Abelard 11th Century philosopher.

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                        • drunkcat
                          Established Member
                          • Sep 2004
                          • 116
                          • Elgin IL
                          • BTK
                          #7
                          Alex,

                          I like it! Can you post the link to your tutorial???

                          Scott

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                            • Alex Franke
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                              • Feb 2007
                              • 2641
                              • Chapel Hill, NC
                              • Ryobi BT3100
                              #8
                              Originally posted by drunkcat
                              Can you post the link to your tutorial???
                              Sure. It's pretty lengthy: around 5,100 words with about 65 photos (maybe I went a little overboard, but I was encouraged by a number of friends to get it online and I wanted to make it detailed enough so that anyone could do it.)

                              http://plans.thefrankes.com/Tutorial...d/Default.aspx

                              Originally posted by lrogers
                              Very nice! Is the little guy the next world chess master?
                              LOL, let's hope so! Right now though I think he'd prefer to help daddy build things than sit still and play a game. We'll see...

                              Originally posted by linear
                              Nice tutorial (and nice to meet another imagemagick user).
                              ImageMagick is a pretty cool little utility. I just wish it weren't so difficult to ramp up on.

                              THanks for all your great comments! I wish I'd joined this forum earlier!!!
                              online at http://www.theFrankes.com
                              while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
                              "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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                                • crokett
                                  The Full Monte
                                  • Jan 2003
                                  • 10627
                                  • Mebane, NC, USA.
                                  • Ryobi BT3000
                                  #9
                                  Wow that's nice. A chessboard is on my long list of projects to make. Maybe this year...
                                  David

                                  The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                                    • Ed62
                                      The Full Monte
                                      • Oct 2006
                                      • 6021
                                      • NW Indiana
                                      • BT3K
                                      #10
                                      Nice work Alex. That's pretty.

                                      Ed
                                      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                                      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                                        • jseklund
                                          Established Member
                                          • Aug 2006
                                          • 428
                                          #11
                                          As we say in the northeast- "That's WICKED nice". I never seem to buy enough walnut....
                                          F#$@ no good piece of S#$% piece of #$@#% #@$#% #$@#$ wood! Dang. - Me woodworking

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                                            • Wood_workur
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                                              • Aug 2005
                                              • 1914
                                              • Ohio
                                              • Ryobi bt3100-1
                                              #12
                                              that is a nice chessboard.
                                              Alex

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